Donald Trump and the KKK

Donald Trump’s refusal to immediately condemn David Duke and the white supremacist groups that cheer his candidacy is only the latest disgrace in a campaign filled with callous disregard for humanity. No matter that Trump later demurred, “I disavow” in a belated tweet.

Such a rejection of hate groups and other evil should be immediate and visceral — not calculated. Yet this represents the hallmark and foundation of his political platform.

As the grandson of Holocaust survivors, I hear the haunting echoes of pre-war Germany and the hate-filled path that led to those unimaginable horrors.

I have voted Republican in every single presidential election since the age of 18.